﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  545 
  

  

  18S 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1894, 
  authorized 
  the 
  Governor 
  to 
  appoint 
  three 
  

   citizens 
  of 
  Jefferson 
  county 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  Lewis 
  county, 
  interested 
  

   in 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  and 
  owners 
  of 
  water 
  power 
  on 
  Black 
  river, 
  Beaver 
  

   river 
  or 
  Moose 
  river 
  in 
  such 
  counties, 
  to 
  be 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  

   Water 
  Power 
  for 
  Black 
  river. 
  These 
  commissioners 
  are 
  authorized 
  

   to 
  appoint 
  a 
  gatekeeper 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  dam 
  at 
  Stillwater 
  on 
  the 
  

   Beaver 
  river, 
  and 
  also 
  for 
  the 
  dams 
  constructed 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  on 
  

   the 
  Fulton 
  chain 
  and 
  on 
  Moose 
  river. 
  The 
  act 
  also 
  authorizes 
  

   the 
  commissioners 
  to 
  make 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  man- 
  

   agement 
  of 
  the 
  gates 
  in 
  said 
  dams, 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  

   Superintendent 
  of 
  Public 
  Works, 
  and 
  the 
  gatekeepers 
  are 
  directed 
  

   to 
  observe 
  and 
  obey 
  all 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  so 
  made 
  and 
  ap- 
  

   proved, 
  under 
  penalty 
  of 
  removal, 
  at 
  any 
  time, 
  either 
  by 
  the 
  

   commissioners 
  or 
  by 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Public 
  Works. 
  

  

  The 
  commissioners 
  are 
  further 
  authorized 
  to* 
  regulate 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   charge 
  of 
  water 
  through 
  such 
  gates, 
  at 
  such 
  times 
  and 
  in 
  such 
  

   quantities 
  as 
  they 
  may 
  deem 
  proper, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  such 
  manner 
  

   as 
  to 
  injuriously 
  interfere 
  with 
  canal 
  navigation 
  or 
  the 
  navigation 
  

   of 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  used 
  for 
  canal 
  purposes. 
  This 
  act 
  

   was 
  reenacted 
  by 
  chapter 
  795 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1896, 
  with 
  the 
  addition 
  

   thereto 
  of 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  salary 
  of 
  the 
  gatekeepers, 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  

   1894 
  only 
  permitting 
  an 
  expenditure 
  of 
  $500 
  a 
  year 
  for 
  this 
  pur- 
  

   pose, 
  while 
  that 
  of 
  1896 
  permits 
  an 
  expenditure 
  of 
  fljlOO. 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  case 
  of 
  Skaneateles 
  lake. 
  Chapter 
  728 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1889 
  

   provided 
  that 
  under 
  certain 
  conditions 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Syracuse 
  might 
  

   draw 
  a 
  water 
  supply 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  15,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily 
  

   from 
  Skaneateles 
  lake, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  permanently 
  appropriated 
  

   as 
  a 
  State 
  reservoir 
  for 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  Jordan 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   Erie 
  canal 
  in 
  1844. 
  Since 
  this 
  case 
  presents 
  many 
  interesting 
  

   points 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  relations 
  between 
  the 
  State 
  

   and 
  the 
  riparian 
  owners 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  briefly 
  discussed, 
  

   beginning 
  with 
  the 
  early 
  history. 
  

  

  About 
  1824 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  land 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Skaneateles 
  lake 
  

   constructed 
  a 
  dam 
  across 
  the 
  outlet, 
  whereby 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   lake 
  were 
  raised 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  above 
  their 
  natural 
  level, 
  thus 
  

   creating 
  a 
  reservoir 
  and 
  waterpower 
  sufficient 
  to 
  propel 
  mills 
  

  

  1 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ended 
  September 
  

   50, 
  1888. 
  

  

  